SRC-Related Abbreviations
The following table includes the abbreviations used throughout the SRC documentation.
Table 22: SRC Software-Related Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
3GPP | Third-Generation Partnership Project |
AAA | authentication, authorization, and accounting |
AATV | authentication/authorization transfer vector |
ACI | access control information |
ADSL | asymmetric digital subscriber line |
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
AH | authentication header |
API | application programming interface |
A-RACF | access-resource and admission control function |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASP |
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ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
AVP | attribute value pair |
BCID | billing correlation identifier |
BEEP | Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol |
BGF | border gateway function |
BNF | Backus-Naur Format |
BoD | bandwidth on demand |
BOOTP | A bootstrap protocol |
B-RAS | Broadband Remote Access Server |
CA | certificate authority |
CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CIDR | classless interdomain routing |
CIM | Common Information Model |
CLEC | competitive local exchange carrier |
CLI | command-line interface |
CMTS | cable modem termination system |
COPS | Common Open Policy Service |
COPS-PR | COPS usage for policy provisioning |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
COS | Common Object Services |
CoS | class of service |
CSR | certificate signing request |
DA | destination address |
DCE | Distributed Computing Equipment |
DCU | destination class usage |
DES | directory eventing system |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DISP | Directory Information Shadowing Protocol |
DIT | directory information tree |
DMI | Device Management Interface |
DMTF | Distributed Management Task Force |
DN | distinguished name |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DOCSIS | Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications |
DSCP | Differentiated Services (DiffServ) code point |
DSL | digital subscriber line |
DSLAM | digital subscriber line access multiplexer |
DSML | Directory Services Markup Language |
DSP | Directory Service Protocol |
DTD | document type definition |
EAR | enterprise archive (file format) |
EGP | exterior gateway protocol |
EJB | Enterprise JavaBean |
ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
FEID | financial entity identifier |
FMC | fixed mobile convergence |
FSM | finite state machine |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
GAL | Gateway Application Logic |
GIF | graphic interchange format |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GRE | generic routing encapsulation |
GUI | graphical user interface |
HFC | hybrid fiber coaxial |
HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
ID | identification (identifying; identifier) |
IDE | integrated development environment |
IDL | interface definition language |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
IIOP | Internet Inter-ORB Protocol |
ILEC | incumbent local exchange carrier |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
IMS | IP multimedia subsystem |
IOR | interoperable object reference |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPCP | Internet Protocol Control Protocol |
IPSCS | IP Service Control System (product name from Ellacoya Networks) |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISP | Internet service provider |
IT | information technology |
J2EE | Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition |
J2SE | Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition |
JAR | Java archive (file format) |
JKS | Java Keystores |
JMS | Java Message Service |
JMX | Java Management Extension |
JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface |
JRE | Java Runtime Environment |
JSP | JavaServer Pages |
JVM | Java Virtual Machine |
KB | kilobyte(s) |
L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
LAN | local area network |
LAS | local authorization service |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LDAPS | LDAP over SSL |
LDIF | LDAP Data Interchange Format |
LNS | L2TP network server |
LSA | link-state advertisement |
MAC | Media Access Control |
Mb | megabit(s) |
MB | megabyte(s) |
MBeans | manageable JavaBeans |
MD5 | Message Digest 5 |
MI | management information |
MIB | Management Information Base |
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
MSO | multiple service operator |
MTU | maximum transmission unit |
mutex | mutually exclusive |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NBNS | NetBIOS Name Server |
NGN | next-generation network |
NIC | network information collector |
NRTPS | non-real-time polling service |
OID | object identification |
ORB | object request broker |
OS | operating system |
OSM | object state manager |
OSMW | object state manager for the Web |
OSPF | Open shortest Path First |
OSS | operations support system |
PCIM | Policy Core Information Model |
PCMM | PacketCable Multimedia Specification |
portable document file | |
PDP | policy decision point |
PEP | policy enforcement point |
PFS | Perfect Forward Secrecy |
PIB | Policy Information Base |
PIM | Protocol Independent Multicast |
PKCS | Public Key Cryptology Standard |
PLP | packet loss priority |
POP | point of presence |
PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
PTA | PPP Terminated Aggregation |
QoS | quality of service |
QTP | QoS-tracking plug-in |
RACS | resource and admission control subsystem |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
RAS | Remote Access Server |
RCEF | resource control enforcement function |
RDBMS | relational database management system |
RDN | relative distinguished name |
RED | random early detection |
RF | radio frequency |
RKS | record-keeping server |
RPC | remote procedure call |
RSpec | service request specification |
RSVP | Resource Reservation Protocol |
RTPS | real-time polling service |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
SA | source address |
SAC | service activation context |
SAE | service activation engine |
SCEP | Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol |
SCU | source class usage |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDX | Service Deployment System (used only to refer to releases earlier than the new SRC 1.0) |
SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
SID | Oracle System Identifier |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SLE | service logic engine |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
SPDF | service policy decision function |
SPI |
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SRC | Session and Resource Control (formerly SDX—Service Deployment System) |
SRC ACP | SRC Admission Control Plug-In |
SRC CLI | SRC command-line interface |
SRC PE | SRC Policy Engine |
SRC VTA | SRC Volume Tracking Application |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
SSM | service and subscriber management |
SSP | Service Selection Portal |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TISPAN | Telecommunications and Internet Converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
ToS | type of service |
TSpec | traffic specification |
TTL |
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UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UGS | unsolicited grant service |
UGS-AD | unsolicited grant service with activity detection |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
URI | Uniform Resource Indicator |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
UTF-8 | Unicode Transformation Format-8 |
UUID | universal unique identifier |
VACM | view-based access control model |
VLAN | virtual local area network |
VoIP | voice over Internet Protocol |
VPN | virtual private network |
VR | virtual router |
VSA | vendor-specific attribute (RADIUS) |
WAR | Web archive (file format) |
WDSL | Web Services Description Language |
Wi-Fi | wireless fidelity |
WINS | Windows Internet Name Service (Microsoft) |
XDR | External Data Representation Standard |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation |